steve wrote:
I would like to thank all who replied to my request for info about drivers.Hi Dale,
I think that's _every_ distribution! You need to update the module init tools as well, source is available on the www.kernel.org site as a last resort if your provider doesn't package them up nicely for you.
Having said that, I'm finding it impossible to update a Compaq dl360 to 2.6.7 from 2.4.21 ): There's something wrong with the initrd version of insmod... I've even manually replaced the one in there, and it still won't boot. I'll probably find out that the cpqarray module isn't compatable. Next try, compile it into the kernel and wo away with the initrd stuff altogether.
Steve
Dale Anderson wrote:
On the likes of xandros you might also find you have a horribly broken
OS to by going from a 2.4 > 2.6 kernel depending on how device
support/module loading etc is handled ......is xandros currently
running 2.6.* ?
Dale.
On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 19:11, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Saturday 26 June 2004 07:53, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
I have just installed Xandros on my computer but cannot get a driver for
my Winfast VC100 capture card. Can some one help me because I would
like to continue usinig Linux. I have emailed the suppliers nut no
luck. They dont have one
I'm not sure if all this is appropriate for a "A Complete Beginner" but we all have to jump in somewhere. Note that I do not have either a copy of the Xandros distribution nor a Winfast VC100 capture card. However I think it is very possible that the latest Linux kernel has the drivers ready for you.
Xandros _might_ distribute the modules ready compiled. Find out with the command:-
find /lib -iname 'bttv*' -ls
If you get a line of output then the driver is ready built, and you can install it using the modprobe or insmod command, if not then you need to build it.
Get a copy of the latest kernel archive, linux-2.6.7.tar.bz2 and un-archive it. Debian and derivatives have their particular ways of doing this.
If you scan the file /usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
you will see a line:-
card=114 - Winfast VC100
Now read the:-
file:/usr/src/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README
<quote>
To use the driver I use the following options, the tuner and pll settings might be different in your country
insmod videodev
insmod i2c scan=1 i2c_debug=0 verbose=0
insmod tuner type=1 debug=0
insmod bttv pll=1 radio=1 card=17
</quote>
Fairly obviously you will have to use the correct card number ( card=114 ) and probably experiment with the other settings. See also the other files in that directory.
You might care to reference the home of video4linux
http://linux.bytesex.org/
in particular:-
http://dl.bytesex.org/patches/2.6.7-1/
It would almost certainly be a good idea to apply the appropriate patches.
The new and horrendously comprehensive kernel Building HOWTO is also very relevent:-
http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/
With a lot of reading between the lines and a considerable amount of experimenting, I think this card could be got to go.
btw folks, is this sort of thing appropriate for the InstallFest?
Some of it is above my head but I will try and learn as I go along.
Would I be better to get some other Linux operating system to learn on first other than Xandros. The reason I went for Xandros was that I could still use some of my windows programs namely Quicken and Frontpage.
Would there be any Linux programs that would be compatible with those two programs
I have also just received from Winfast that the chipset is BT878. Is that any help.
I certainly appreciate everyones help and assistance and apologise for being slow on uptake
Also when is the installfest and where as I am prepared to come up from Dunedin for it
many thanks to all Kevin Cosgrove
